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‎docs/index.md

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* [3.2 Announcement][3.2-announcement]
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* [3.3 Announcement][3.3-announcement]
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* [Kickstarter Announcement][kickstarter-announcement]
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* [Funding][funding]
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* [Release Notes][release-notes]
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## Development
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[3.2-announcement]: topics/3.2-announcement.md
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[kickstarter-announcement]: topics/kickstarter-announcement.md
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[funding]: topics/funding.md
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// Imperfect, but easier to fit in with the existing docs build.
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// Hyperlinks should point directly to the "fund." subdomain, but this'll
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// handle the nav bar links without requiring any docs build changes for the moment.
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if (window.location.hostname == "www.django-rest-framework.org") {
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# Funding
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If you use REST framework commercially we strongly encourage you to invest in its continued development by signing up for a paid plan.
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**We believe that collaboratively funded software can offer outstanding returns on investment, by allowing users and clients to collectively share the cost of development.**
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Signing up for a paid plan will:
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* Directly contribute to faster releases, more features and higher quality software.
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* Allow more time to be invested in documentation, issue triage and community support.
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* Safeguard the future development of REST framework.
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REST framework will always be open source and permissively licensed, but we firmly believe it is in the commercial best-interest for users of the project to fund its ongoing development.
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## Making the business case
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Our successful Kickstarter campaign demonstrates the cost-reward ratio of shared development funding.
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With *typical corporate fundings of just £100-£1000 per organization* we successfully delivered:
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* The comprehensive 3.0 serializer redesign.
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* Substantial improvements to the Browsable API.
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* The admin interface.
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* A new pagination API including offset/limit and cursor pagination implementations, plus on-page controls.
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* A versioning API, including URL-based and header-based versioning schemes.
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* Support for customizable exception handling.
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* Support for Django's PostgreSQL HStoreField, ArrayField and JSONField.
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* Templated HTML form support, including HTML forms with nested list and objects.
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* Internationalization support for API responses, currently with 27 languages.
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* The metadata APIs for handling `OPTIONS` requests and schema endpoints.
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* Numerous minor improvements and better quality throughout the codebase.
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* Ongoing triage and community support, closing over 1600 tickets.
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This incredible level of return on investment is *only possible through collaboratively funded models*, which is why we believe that supporting our paid plans is in everyone's best interest.
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## Individual plan
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This subscription is recommended for freelancers and other individuals with an interest in seeing REST framework continue to&nbsp;improve.
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If you are using REST framework as an full-time employee, consider recommending that your company takes out a [corporate&nbsp;plan](#corporate-plans).
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*Billing is monthly and you can cancel at any time.*
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## Corporate plans
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These subscriptions are recommended for companies and organizations using REST framework either publicly or privately.
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In exchange for funding you'll also receive advertising space on our site, allowing you to **promote your company or product to many tens of thousands of developers worldwide**.
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Our professional and premium plans also include **priority support**. At any time your engineers can escalate an issue or discussion group thread, and we'll ensure it gets a guaranteed response within the next working day.
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